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J. KRODER & H. REUBEL. SUPPORT FOR CURTAIN POLES, RODS, 6m.

Patented Mar. 1. 1898.

UNlTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

J OHN KRODER AND HENRY REUBEL, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

SUPPORT FOR CURTAIN POLES, RODS, 800.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 600,006, dated March 1,1898.

Application filed May 22,1897. Serial No. 637,682. (No model.)

rods, or like articles and arranged to securely" support the rod or polein posit-ion on the window-casing, door, or other place and to permit ofconveniently removing the rod or pole from the support whenever it isdesired to remove or replace the curtains or for other purposes.

The invention consists principally of turnable supports having recessesfor the ends of the rod or pole, the recess in one of the supports beingelongated to permitof inserting or removing the end of the rod or poleupon turning the support into the proper position.

The invention also consists of certain parts and details andcombinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter andthen pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the improvement as applied. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation of the same with the supports in section. Fig. 3 is a similarview of the same with the parts in a different position, and Fig. L is adiagrammatic View showing the bores for forming the elongated recess.

The improved device is provided with two supports A and B, preferably intheform of knobs, as shown in the drawings, and provided with screws 0 Cfor securing the supports on the window-casing D and at thesame timepermitting of turning the said supports slightly on the window-casingfor placing the pole, rod, or like article E in position on the supportsor removing the same therefrom. One end of the pole, rod, or likearticle E fits snugly into a recess A, formed in the side of the supportA, and the other end of the said rod or pole E is adapted to pass into arecess B, framed in the other support B and elongated, as is plainlyindicated in the drawings, the elongation being formed by two bores, oneof which extends radially into the support and the other extendseccentrically therein, but intersects with the radial bore, as isplainly indicated in the diagrammatic View illustrated in Fig. 4.

The pole or rod E supports theusual rings F or other devices forsuspending the curtain from the rod or pole E.

Now it will be seen that by the arrangement described the pole or rod Ecan be readily placed in position on the supports A and B and lockedtherein by first placing one end of the said rod or support in therecess A of the support A and then placing the other endin the open endof the recess B when the support B is in the position shown in Fig. 3,.Nowby turning the support B in the direction of the arrow at the end ofthe rod or pole E passes into the said recess B, and when the supportBhas been turned to the position shown in Fig. 2

then this end of the rod or pole is securely locked in place in thesupport B. When it is desired to remove the rod or pole from thesupports, it is necessary to turn the support B in the inverse directionof the arrow a, so as to move the corresponding end of the rod or poleout of the said recess and allow the operator to draw the other end ofthe pole out of the recess A in the support or bracket A.

It is understood that during the movement of locking the end of the rodor pole E in the support B the other support A slightly turns on itsscrew 0, and when the support B has been moved to its locking position,as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, then the rod or pole E extends radially inboth supports A and B.

It is understood that by forming the elongated recess B as previouslyexplained a further turning of the support B in the direction of thearrow ct is prevented when the position shown in Fig. 2 has beenreached, as it 5 is evident that the inner end of the rod'E presses onthe opposite sides or walls of the recess to prevent such turning.

The arrangement described is applicable to all kinds of window and doorcurtains, and

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can also be used for towel-racks and other devices too numerous tomention.

Having thus fullydeseribed ourinvention, we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 1. A device of the class described, providedwith a support adapted to be turned and having an elongated recessformed by two bores, one of which extends radially of the support andthe other eecentrically thereto, as and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination with a curtain-pole, of supports for the ends of thesaid pole, one of the supports having a recess into which fits snuglyone end of the pole, the other support having an elongated recess formedby two bores, one of which extends radiallyinto the JOIIN KRODER. HENRYREUBEL.

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